Category Archives: SAAS
Practical Example of Technology Advances of the Last Ten Years
Ten years ago, I walked into high school with a brand new Toshiba Satellite 2210 CDT. It wasn’t state-of-the-art, but it was pretty decent for its time. It had a 500 MHz Intel Celeron processor, 64 MB of RAM, and … Continue reading
The Apartment
As I suspected, we were approved without issue and will be moving in on Monday! As in two days! Both rooms are about the same size. Room A is slight smaller, has less closet space, but has two windows. Room B is slightly bigger, has more closet sp… Continue reading
To The Graduating Class of 2009
Prologue: The following is the graduation speech I wrote and auditioned. I didn’t end up being the graduation speaker, as you’ll know if you attend my graduation tomorrow. As Staples noted, "Their loss, dude. Their loss." I couldn’t agree more. Ho… Continue reading
Alumni Profile: Andrew Ferguson ’04
Over winter break, I had a chance to talk with Michael Fiorito, a faculty member at Seattle Academy (where I went to high school). He asked me to write a "synopsis of [my] scholastic and internship experiences for the alum newsletter." The profile… Continue reading
The Girl I Took to Prom
The girl who I took to my prom senior year, Lia DiBiase, got married last Saturday (March 22). Not a huge deal since we weren’t dating or anything, but it’s still kind of weird, I feel.
In any event, congratulations to Lia and Adam!
See also… Continue reading
SAAS Problem of the Week Quiz Decoder
Script that figures out the answers to SAAS POTW Quiz’s. As a note, this is only the processing end. In order for the script to work, you will need to build a front end.
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Note: This was code that I origina… Continue reading
The Hunt for Toda Mafalda
Back in my high school days, I took a couple years of Spanish. One time in class, I read this hilarious comic.
Every once-in-a-while, the I’ll remember the comic and think about finding it.
Well, about a month ago, I had another one of those… Continue reading
Guest Authoring at GottaBeMobile
Starting later today, I’ll be doing a series of articles on GottaBeMobile.com that deals with tablet issues from a student perspective. We’ll, at least from my perspective (if you know me, you know that I can bring a unique perspective to anything… Continue reading
Prom Date Engaged
My former SAAS Senior Prom date, Lia DiBiase, is now engaged. I only mention this because she was my prom date and I get a chuckle1 out of it for some reason. You may not return to your regularly schedule program.
1A good kind of chuckle. The o… Continue reading
Where Are They Now: Sammy Barrett
Once in a blue moon, I’ll come across someone from the past. This blue moon belongs to Sammy Barrett (with a hat tip to Jeff Hanway for the find).
Sammy went to Seattle Academy and was part of our class for the sophomore year only. After that, … Continue reading